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- ↑ "President's Gold Cup". RSSSF . Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ↑ Hughson, John; Moore, Kevin; Spaaij, Ramón; Maguire, Joseph (2016-10-04). Routledge Handbook of Football Studies. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135074821.
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